Timeline January 1844

Events in January 1844 4

• 1770 – 1844 Sir Francis Burdett (1770-1844) Died 23 January 1844, aged 73 British politician and long-serving radical campaigner for parliamentary reform. He was imprisoned in the Tower of London in 1810 after a breach of parliamentary privilege.
• 1780 – 1844 Charles Nodier (1780-1844) Died 27 January 1844, aged 63 French writer and librarian at the Arsenal library, where he held a salon for young writers. He was an important early figure of French Romanticism and wrote fantastic tales.
• 1784 – 1844 Ernest I, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (1784-1844) Died 29 January 1844, aged 60 German duke who founded the Saxe-Coburg and Gotha line. He was the father of Prince Albert, the husband of Queen Victoria.
• 1843 – 1844 The Fruitlands experiment A utopian farm The Alcotts join a utopian community at Harvard, Massachusetts, living on a strict vegan diet and refusing animal labour. It collapses within seven months. Louisa later satirises it in Transcendental Wild Oats.